Relationships between serum vitamin D levels and clinical characteristics of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome
Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
;
: 144-150, 2013.
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in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-218500
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is widely spread and on the increase throughout the world. Although vitamin D is essential for skeletal mineralization, VDD or vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) has been associated with nonskeletal disorders including cardiovascular disease, cancer, allergic disease and skin disease. However, a few reports showed the association of vitamin D and drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome. Thereafter, we evaluated the association between vitamin D and DRESS syndrome.METHODS:
We conducted a retrospective study on 45 patients with DRESS syndrome. Four hundred and ninty-eight healthy people who visited the health screening center were enrolled in the study as a control group. We investigated the clinical characteristics, the causative drugs and treatments in the patients with DRESS syndrome, and also analyzed the associations with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D3).RESULTS:
Forty-four patients (97.8%) had low serum vitamin D levels; 21 patients were VDD (serum 25(OH)D3 <10 ng/mL), and 23 patients were VDI (serum 25(OH)D3 10 to 30 ng/mL). There were no significant differences in clinical parameters between two groups. Serum 25(OH)D3 level of the study patients was significantly lower that of the controls (12.3+/-9.6 ng/mL vs. 17.3+/-5.5 ng/mL, P<0.001). Serum 25(OH)D3 level showed a significant negative correlation with admission days (r=-0.377, P=0.011).CONCLUSION:
The majority of the patients with DRESS syndrome showed low vitamin D levels. Serum 25(OH)D3 was inversely correlated with admission days.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Skin Diseases
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Vitamin D
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Vitamin D Deficiency
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Vitamins
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Mass Screening
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Retrospective Studies
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Drug Hypersensitivity
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Eosinophilia
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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